Journey of Man Video Assignment: Questions and Answers

Why were the early Europeans lightly-pigmented?

The ASSIGNMENT requires you to watch a video (Journey of Man) and answer 3 questions about the video. The video is about 2 hours long but very interesting! Download this Word file, type your answers (using 12 point font, single spaced) under the questions, save the file, and submit. (To Submit – go back to the Course page – Click ASSIGNMENT Unit 2 module…upload the file with your answers, submit.)

Why were the early Europeans lightly-pigmented? (i.e. Whiter skinned than their African relatives?

Why does Spencer Wells say that “If Africa is the cradle of mankind, then Central Asia is its nursery”?

Near the end of the video wells says, “We can all trace our ancestry back to those few people that left Africa 50,000 years ago.” What does Wells say about lessons about relationships and old-fashioned concepts of  ‘race’: